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DOXY
Definition of DOXY
noun
A sweetheart, a prostitute, a mistress or kept woman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Middle Dutch *doketje, diminutive of Middle Dutch docke (“a doll”), from Proto-Germanic *dokko (“something round”), related to *dukkǭ (“muscle, strength”). Cognate with Low German dokke (“doll”), Saterland Frisian dok, dokke (“a doll”), Swedish docka (“doll, puppet”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,005)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOXY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOXY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 225 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOXY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DOXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DOXY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found DOXY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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